There’s clip going around that makes it look like President Donald Trump refused to acknowledge a little boy in a wheelchair at a recent event on Obamacare. But, as you can see below, the clip was edited to omit how President Trump actually did address the kid directly at the beginning of the event.
First up, here’s the edited version:
https://twitter.com/Ansel/status/889596818383814656
Editor’s Note: @Ansel deleted his tweet with the clip, but here it is from YouTube:
Now here’s the full clip where you can see the president kneel down and speak with the child:
She's doing great work! Not sure that clip is as bad as it seems though: https://t.co/ym1nnwahQ6
— Nick Borriello (@BorrielloNick) July 28, 2017
But it’s too late has Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweet-stormed the edited video and it’s now gone viral with 58,000+ RTs and counting:
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/890996376980660226
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/890997400290111489
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/891003697509093376
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/891003878568755200
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/891007607393144835
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/891008035698749441
She needs to delete that tweet and apologize.
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